Elastance correlates with outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy in adults with hydrocephalus caused by primary aqueductal stenosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 70-77

  Tisell, Magnus ^a   Edsbagge, Mikael ^a   Stephensen, Hannes ^a   Czosnyka, Marek ^b   Wikkelsø, Carsten ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Elastance; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Resistance to the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid; Shunt; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELASTICITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036368912     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200201000-00013     Document Type: Article

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